Excelman wrote:I have no idea where that stupid ass "entitlement mentality" comment was about or how it came into this conversation.

That was more about kids who don't check into whether jobs are available in their chosen field before college and somehow think they are entitled to a 'local' job in their field when they graduate. I've seen many, who then wind up managing a fast food joint because they love their home town and don't want to move.

Their choice.

Just because you like "European History" and get a degree in it doesn't mean you can always get a job in your desired city to live. We have a more global economy now. None are entitled to a local job. You move to where the job takes you. Or you settle for what you can find and lose any validity to complain.

The pioneers who wanted to farm, had to find suitable soil for their specialties. Those who were trappers had to find the animals and move with the seasons if need be. Etc., etc. IOW .. None of this is new. But people expecting it to be otherwise is new.

I see that as making a choice to stay in the old hometown, not entitlement mentality. maybe you have seen them, but I don't know of anybody who thought or expected that a degree in (social studies) "entitled" them to a job in another field, like electrical engineering. That would be "stupid" mentality, not "entitlement" mentality which runs rampant.

"“There are some people in politics and in the press who can’t be confused by the facts,” “They just will not live in an evidence-based world." Hillary ClintonDamm she will make a great president !

During the Reagan Recession (became a depression for me) , I interviewed for a job that I was qualified for as a director of that field in the University of Memphis (formally Memphis State). I had been making about $45K at my last job, and that was about the going rate of the time for that job. U of M, was looking for a PHD, and their offering salary was $20k. I did not presue that job, but the question I would as is "in that case, who was it that had the "entitlement mentality" ?

"“There are some people in politics and in the press who can’t be confused by the facts,” “They just will not live in an evidence-based world." Hillary ClintonDamm she will make a great president !

Excelman wrote:During the Reagan Recession (became a depression for me) , I interviewed for a job that I was qualified for as a director of that field in the University of Memphis (formally Memphis State). I had been making about $45K at my last job, and that was about the going rate of the time for that job. U of M, was looking for a PHD, and their offering salary was $20k. I did not presue that job, but the question I would as is "in that case, who was it that had the "entitlement mentality" ?

No guarantees in life. Just because a past job paid $x doesn't mean you're entitled to that much or more for a job elsewhere. You turned down the low offer. And by doing so, I hope you found something better along the way.